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Another prominent Nollywood actor is dead
Veteran actor and filmmaker Yinka Ogundaisi is dead. The death of the seasoned actor was confirmed by a statement by Ropo Ewenla in a WhatsApp message to...
Professor Soyinka’s brother, Femi, dies at 85
Professor Femi Soyinka, a brother of Nobel laureate and professor of Comparative Literature, Wole Soyinka, has died. The former Provost of the College of...
Lagos tenant rapes neighbour’s 16-year-old daughter, commits suicide
A man, identified only as Kayode, has committed suicide after his neighbour’s daughter accused him of raping her twice at their house in the Oja-Amukoko area of...
‘Our operatives not involved in killing two residents’ – Osun Amotekun
The South West Security Network Agency, Amotekun Osun has debunked news making the rounds that its operatives were reportedly involved in killing in...
BREAKING: Prof. Soyinka Is Dead
Femi Soyinka, the renowned research and former Provost of the College of Health Sciences of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, has died. According to a...
Gunmen kill female pupil sitting WASSCE
Gunmen on Friday killed a female Senior Secondary School 3 student of St. Monica Girls Secondary School, Otukpo, Benue State. The student was reportedly...
22-year-old suspect allegedly hypnotizes teenage girl, rapes her to death
A 14-year-old girl was on Sunday night, allegedly hypnotized and raped to death by one Ifeanyi Osuji, a 22-year-old suspected internet...
Man burnt to death for allegedly stealing motorcycle
A man was late Sunday night beaten and eventually burnt to death at Chinade in Katagum Local Government Area of Bauchi State for allegedly...
‘Fear of what’ – Bishop Kukah rules out death concern
Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Mathew Hassan Kukah has said that he is not afraid of death. During an interview on Channels Television on...
One killed, several wounded as APC, SDP supporters clash in Ekiti
Barely eight days to Ekiti State governorship election, supporters of former Governor Segun Oni of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and Biodun Oyebanji of...
Nigerian music icon, Osayomore Joseph is dead
One of Nigeria’s music legends, Ambassador Osayomore Joseph is dead. Osayomore Joseph, whose passage was announced on Saturday by the Edo State Chapter...
Ogun: Four killed as bus rams into parked truck on Lagos-Ibadan highway
Four persons have been confirmed dead when a passenger bus rammed into a stationed truck in Ogun State. The accident occurred at Ogunmakin...
UPDATED: Gunmen kill boarding school student, injure three
One person was killed on Friday night while three others were injured when gunmen opened fire in Kuru community, Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau...
Ondo attack: Police, Owo monarch deny arrest of attackers
The Ondo State Police Command has denied the arrest of the attackers of St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, where no fewer than 40 people were killed and...
Owo Massacre: FG’s conclusion on ISWAP too hasty – Gov Akeredolu
Governor of Ondo State, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has said the admittance of the deadly terrorist group, the Islamic State West Africa Province...
BREAKING: Killers of Fasoranti’s daughter sentenced to death
Three persons involved in the killing of Olufunke Olakuri, daughter of Afenifere Leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, have been sentenced to death by hanging. They...
Owo massacre: How Amotekun would have stopped attack – Afenifere’s Adebanjo
The Leader of the Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere, Ayo Adebanjo, has said the attack at St Francis Catholic Church, Owo...
Anxiety as Okada rider murders man, 75, in Lagos
It was a horrific experience as an unidentified Okada Rider hit an elderly man believed to be in his late 70s, along Isheri-Oshun Road in Jakande Estate,...
Convention: Rivers APC delegates involved in auto crash, one dies
One person is feared dead after a Toyota Sienna vehicle conveying members of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State from Abuja to Port Harcourt...
Owo massacre: ‘If the killers escape death, God didn’t send me’ – Oyedepo spits fire
Bishop David Oyedepo of the Living Faith Church has expressed optimism that the attackers of St. Francis Church, Owo in Ondo State would be punished for their...
